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By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com |
January 2, 2012
Even though the National Transportation Safety Board’s recommendation that all cellphone use be banned in automobiles has been nixed by the U.S. transportation secretary, the suggestion is applauded by some corporate and public-entity risk managers.
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By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com, Mark E. Ruquet |
November 17, 2011
Terry Fleming, director of the Division of Risk Management, Montgomery County, Md., and immediate past president of the Risk and Insurance Management Society, cautions that the Neal Bill, introduced by Rep. Richard Neal, D-MA, and Senator Robert Menendez, D-NJ, could mean hardening rates in the future.
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By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 17, 2011
In spite of a difficult year for catastrophes, buyers of both liability and property coverage are for the most part pleased with their renewals, even for difficult placements, although they stress that having a positive risk history and solid broker/market relationships makes a difference.
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By Terry Fleming |
July 21, 2011
The story of how one risk manager, Terry Fleming, came to find his career calling—and his life’s partner.
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By MaryClaire Dale, Associated Press |
July 6, 2011
A career criminal suspected of shooting five people, two of them fatally, over an alleged insurance-fraud scheme was killed by SWAT team members after a six-hour standoff Monday.
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By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 3, 2011
How are public-entity risk managers faring in light of the financial crises that many cities, counties and public schools are facing as tax revenues decline?
To find out, NU interviewed two public-entity risk managers: one who runs risk-management operations for a city in Georgia; and another who oversees the efforts of...
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By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com |
January 14, 2011
The ex officio of The Risk Management Society praised the New York State Insurance Department for tackling the issue of producer compensation disclosure when no other department would.
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By Staff Writer |
December 22, 2010
The Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc. announced that Scott B. Clark will lead the society as president for the 2011 term, effective Jan. 1.
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By Terry Fleming |
September 6, 2010
I have read with interest NU's numerous articles related to the back and forth between groups which disavow contingent fee arrangements while defending the practice of brokers and agents accepting this form of compensation.
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By Staff Writer |
May 10, 2010
They say that he who pays the piper calls the tune. So why don't more risk managers just pay their brokers a set fee, rather than complain about contingent commissions corrupting the insurance placement process?
